Samvel Semirjyan: we mustn’t be afraid to discuss Armenian army problemsNovember 26, 2010 - 16:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Over the current year, 44 incidents resulting in the deaths if servicemen occurred in Armenian army, a member of Sardarapat movement, film director Tigran Khzmalyan stated. As he said at National Security and Defense Committee meeting, “only 7 out of 44 tragedies can be blamed on the rival, while the rest of those were caused by internal problems. Every week sees a new incident. A simple change of power is not enough to repair the situation, amendments on a structural level being crucial.” Representative of the oppositional Armenian National Congress Samvel Semirjyan, in turn, stated, “We mustn’t be afraid to discuss Armenian army-related problems. We never raised the issue in public, which why the situation in the army has gone worse.” Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |